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Read Works: Columbus Was an Explorer ActivityRead Works: Columbus Was an Explorer Activity
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Read Works: Columbus Was an Explorer

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[Free Registration/Login Required] This short nonfiction book passage is about Christopher Columbus and his contributions to exploration. This book in the SummerReads series, intended to work against the summer reading slide, reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several questions and a teacher's guide provide reinforcement of the content in the passage. nutritious

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nonfiction, christopher columbus

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exploration, age of exploration, columbus was an explorer, lexile 520, readworks.org, readworks: columbus was an explorer, readworks, informational text

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
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